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• 10.10.07 | Posted By Lee
  IKEA - Form not Function impressions, opinion, review | (3)

  So it seems that IKEA has launched a new site pertaining to their kitchens. Of course its flashy and all glitzy. I found this by visiting Stephen Gates Blog(http://www.stephengates.com/Blog/), which even though his personal site is terrible, what he reviews and talks about has is interesting. I'll post his comments below:IKEA has launched the next installment in their dream kitchen online experience. The original version that looked like a middle class version of the Matrix let you spin in a 360 degree arc moving between different frozen scenes and kitchens. The new version keeps the same simple control scheme of ...
• 10.08.07 | Posted By Lee
  What… is your Quest? meeting notes, suggestion | (1)

  All Monty Python jokes aside, what is the current focus of our group? We are all under the impression that it will be based around Interaction Design, thats a given. How will we focus though in the broad spectrum that is IxD? Do we discuss how Flash is less superior in the delivery of large amounts of information? Do we discuss ways to engage the public to make them think more about their interactions with technology? I think we should find a focus for the time being and do some research. Something like creating a challenge amongst ourself. Maybe go ...
• 10.07.07 | Posted By jason kuhn
  2007.10.02 - meeting notes meeting notes | (1)

  [unedited] try using google docs, blogs, forums for common place for our notes philadelphia ixda - probably a blog on blogger. chris will set up blog - tom morning. phixda purpose lee - "explore the current usage of ixd and where we want it to go" to create a mouth piece -co/op of designers to do things outisde of work... natural curiosit ideas to start with: interacive mall map. mall directory. fedeal gov will fund grants and co-op... bryan "i want to live in a world full of cool interactions" "it should just work" "phixda automagically" "it shouldn't just work, it should at least work" - jk (i just made that up [a IV3 concept]) goals: share ideas, ...
• 10.04.07 | Posted By Bryan
  It just works brain monkey | (0)

  I'm very glad Automagically is the title of our blog (thanks Chris). I first found the word on thinkgeek.com in one of their product descriptions. I immediately loved the word because it reflects how many people perceive the internal mechanisms of computers and the internet. People will form their own mental models of how they imagine these complex systems work. We, as designers, should represent our program's functionality as closely to our users’ mental models as possible in order to make the program easier to use and understand.

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